Senior Director of Research

3 days ago

Ajax, Canada Colgate Full time
p>Established in 1806 as a small soap and candle business in New York City, Colgate-Palmolive is now a truly global company with products sold in over 200 countries and territories under such internationally recognized brand names as Colgate, Palmolive, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sorriso, Kolynos, elmex, Tom's of Maine, Sanex, Ajax, Axion, Soupline, Haci Sakir, Suavitel, PCA SKIN, EltaMD, Filorga and Hello as well as Hill's Science Diet and Hill's Prescription Diet.

Colgate-Palmolive is a leading consumer products company that serves hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide with brands and products across four core businesses – Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition. We are committed to offering products that make lives healthier and more enjoyable, and programs that enrich communities around the world.

We are seeking an innovative and transformational packaging leader with a strong background in developing breakthrough long term innovations. The ability to merge commercial opportunity spaces with packaging innovation pipelines is critical. The Director, Global Packaging Research and Innovation will work collaboratively with key internal stakeholders and external innovation partners around the world.

What You Will Do:

  • Drive growth by delivering long term packaging innovation, deep technical progression, and strategic sustainability initiatives that are aligned with our brands and corporate objectives.
  • Direct internal team and external partners to navigate the process of achieving user centric experiences, technology development, and sustainability initiatives via strategy aligned with global cross-category business needs.
  • Build competitive advantage by identifying, evaluating, and championing technical breakthroughs and innovations in packaging and packaging processes.
  • Develop groundbreaking processes to speed new innovation through iterative development and in market pilot evaluation.
  • Develop, advocate, and advance innovation that propels and adheres to CP’s global plastics and packaging sustainability strategy.
  • Ensure that communication and training to other functions is done with accuracy and integrity.
  • Lead process for reviewing and approving packaging sustainability claims on a global basis. Works in conjunction with Legal and Regulatory functions.
  • Review packaging legal/contractual agreements for global packaging.
  • Applies an R&D attitude, grounded in user insights, to identify and incubate packaging and sustainability innovation through proof-of-principle and technology transfer.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • At least 15 years of working experience
  • Prior experience leading and developing teams
  • Experience leading an innovation pipeline, introducing new technologies

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Industrial Design
  • Master's Degree
  • Experience in CPG
  • Proven experience in a packaging or materials related development role
  • Experience with a wide variety of packaging technologies ranging from injection molding to fiber based packaging
  • Ability to use data & analytics to support perspectives

Compensation and Benefits

Salary Range $182,400.Salaried employees may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing, and long-term incentives for Executive-level roles.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities.

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